New Fluval 240 Aquarium
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Tape is usually sufficient ??
The first advice I would give is don't take advice from a fish shop on fish or plants.
There are plants which grow rooted in the substrate, plants which grow attached to decor and plants which float on the surface. Most of the fish we keep come from rivers with overhanging vegetation and with these fish floating plants are useful as they create shade.
Start with easy plants. This website classes plants as easy, medium and advanced. If you search for easy plants it will give you an ideas for plants to try. For each plant they have photos of layouts with them so you can see what they look like in a tank.
There are plants which grow rooted in the substrate, plants which grow attached to decor and plants which float on the surface. Most of the fish we keep come from rivers with overhanging vegetation and with these fish floating plants are useful as they create shade.
Start with easy plants. This website classes plants as easy, medium and advanced. If you search for easy plants it will give you an ideas for plants to try. For each plant they have photos of layouts with them so you can see what they look like in a tank.
I ve just bought some from the aquarium shop. I'm I better getting this online I wanted some thing to grow on the driftwood moss or similar where do you recommend online for plantsThe first advice I would give is don't take advice from a fish shop on fish or plants.
There are plants which grow rooted in the substrate, plants which grow attached to decor and plants which float on the surface. Most of the fish we keep come from rivers with overhanging vegetation and with these fish floating plants are useful as they create shade.
Start with easy plants. This website classes plants as easy, medium and advanced. If you search for easy plants it will give you an ideas for plants to try. For each plant they have photos of layouts with them so you can see what they look like in a tank.
That tropica website Essjay has linked is really helpful, as Essjay states, it provides a good up front indication of how difficult it is to grow. Well, not difficulty but how "high maintenance" they are. The red coloured lables often require a light source that is going to set you back a few quid. Or they require co2 to be 'injected' which again is another cost. Anything labelled green should grow fine on its own as long as fairly decent lighting rated at around 6000K (Kelvins) is provided and a comprehensive liquid fertilizer is added regularly (I use TNC Lite).
Going back to that website, if you look at https://tropica.com/en/inspiration/
They show which plants are used in the scapes with a map for where they're positioned.
A straightforward approach is to stick tall ones at the back, such as vallisnaria and Amazon swords, and smaller ones towards the middle and front.
There are epiphytic plants that you attach to wood and rocks. These have a rhizome that shouldn't be buried into the substrate. They can be tied to wood/rocks with cotton or something, or they can be glued if you get some Cyanoacrylate gel.
Some of these plants are anubias, java fern, buce.
Moss can also be attached to hardscape material.
In my opinion, the more plants the merrier!
Ive had good service from these in the past ..
www.aquaessentials.co.uk
Going back to that website, if you look at https://tropica.com/en/inspiration/
They show which plants are used in the scapes with a map for where they're positioned.
A straightforward approach is to stick tall ones at the back, such as vallisnaria and Amazon swords, and smaller ones towards the middle and front.
There are epiphytic plants that you attach to wood and rocks. These have a rhizome that shouldn't be buried into the substrate. They can be tied to wood/rocks with cotton or something, or they can be glued if you get some Cyanoacrylate gel.
Some of these plants are anubias, java fern, buce.
Moss can also be attached to hardscape material.
In my opinion, the more plants the merrier!
Ive had good service from these in the past ..
All Potted Plants - Aqua Essentials
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I use a particular eBay seller who sells shrimp safe plants.
If you intend to have shrimps or snails in the tank, you need shrimp safe plants. This means plants grown in the EU or in vitro plants. If you don't want shrimps or snails it doesn't matter where they were grown. (Plants grown outside the EU and imported must have been treated with a snail killer which also kills shrimps. We may have left the EU but the law still stands until the government repeal it)
Another plant to grow on decor is Bolbitis. The common one is B. heudeloti, but I've just bought some B. heteroclita deformis which is a lot less common.
If you intend to have shrimps or snails in the tank, you need shrimp safe plants. This means plants grown in the EU or in vitro plants. If you don't want shrimps or snails it doesn't matter where they were grown. (Plants grown outside the EU and imported must have been treated with a snail killer which also kills shrimps. We may have left the EU but the law still stands until the government repeal it)
Another plant to grow on decor is Bolbitis. The common one is B. heudeloti, but I've just bought some B. heteroclita deformis which is a lot less common.
This is what my tank looks like with part water in had a nitemare with the filter water everywhere things we're not on right.
I assume the wood should float for a while I fill it up with water avd get the filter working tonight. I've read about priming the filter
I assume the wood should float for a while I fill it up with water avd get the filter working tonight. I've read about priming the filter
Im going to have to buy a small bag on black gravel when I was fill the tank up with the hose pipe I disturbed a bit of substrate soil not much like
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